math homework?

[Anonymous]

My child's 4th grade teacher is not giving any math homework this year but will post optional work that won't be graded on Schoology. Is this normal for 4th grade (Level IV AAP at a Center) or just this teacher's preference?

[Anonymous]

The teacher's preference. Every teacher is different. My child is getting optional daily worksheets, for example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child's 4th grade teacher is not giving any math homework this year but will post optional work that won't be graded on Schoology. Is this normal for 4th grade (Level IV AAP at a Center) or just this teacher's preference?

Teacher Preference. Our teacher gives math homework M-Th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child's 4th grade teacher is not giving any math homework this year but will post optional work that won't be graded on Schoology. Is this normal for 4th grade (Level IV AAP at a Center) or just this teacher's preference?

Teacher Preference. Our teacher gives math homework M-Th.

Or school. Some schools are no homework.

[Anonymous]

Fairfax does not allow grading of homework.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax does not allow grading of homework.

Equity in education! Not all parents want to or have the time to sit with their child to facilitate homework completion. So, no is required to do homework.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax does not allow grading of homework.

Equity in education! Not all parents want to or have the time to sit with their child to facilitate homework completion. So, no is required to do homework.

I fail to see how this will lead to more equitable outcomes. Rather it's a race to the bottom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax does not allow grading of homework.

Equity in education! Not all parents want to or have the time to sit with their child to facilitate homework completion. So, no is required to do homework.

I fail to see how this will lead to more equitable outcomes. Rather it's a race to the bottom.

Well, for one, it penalizes kids that lack home support. It penalizes children with disabilities like ADHD. And it doesn't really do anything. If the child can do the problems without support, they likely don't need the practice, and if they can't do the problems, they likely need instructional support that won't be provided at home. It cannot be assessed in any meaningful way because the teacher does not know the conditions it was done under. Homework has always been makework bullshit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax does not allow grading of homework.

Equity in education! Not all parents want to or have the time to sit with their child to facilitate homework completion. So, no is required to do homework.

I fail to see how this will lead to more equitable outcomes. Rather it's a race to the bottom.

Well, for one, it penalizes kids that lack home support. It penalizes children with disabilities like ADHD. And it doesn't really do anything. If the child can do the problems without support, they likely don't need the practice, and if they can't do the problems, they likely need instructional support that won't be provided at home. It cannot be assessed in any meaningful way because the teacher does not know the conditions it was done under. Homework has always been makework bullshit.

What a moron!

[Anonymous]

It's a fine policy to apply to parents, but I don't want any teacher telling my kid that homework is optional. It's not optional in my house.

To the vice signalers sarcastically yelling about "Equity!", call the school board and demand longer school days and more math time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax does not allow grading of homework.

Equity in education! Not all parents want to or have the time to sit with their child to facilitate homework completion. So, no is required to do homework.

I fail to see how this will lead to more equitable outcomes. Rather it's a race to the bottom.

Well, for one, it penalizes kids that lack home support. It penalizes children with disabilities like ADHD. And it doesn't really do anything. If the child can do the problems without support, they likely don't need the practice, and if they can't do the problems, they likely need instructional support that won't be provided at home. It cannot be assessed in any meaningful way because the teacher does not know the conditions it was done under. Homework has always been makework bullshit.

Im curious what kind of independent study skills and time management skills these kids have once they reach college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax does not allow grading of homework.

Equity in education! Not all parents want to or have the time to sit with their child to facilitate homework completion. So, no is required to do homework.

I fail to see how this will lead to more equitable outcomes. Rather it's a race to the bottom.

Well, for one, it penalizes kids that lack home support. It penalizes children with disabilities like ADHD. And it doesn't really do anything. If the child can do the problems without support, they likely don't need the practice, and if they can't do the problems, they likely need instructional support that won't be provided at home. It cannot be assessed in any meaningful way because the teacher does not know the conditions it was done under. Homework has always been makework bullshit.

Im curious what kind of independent study skills and time management skills these kids have once they reach college.

Taught/reared by that poster, children would never make it to college. The existence of such comment in any school forum is abhorrent and sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax does not allow grading of homework.

Equity in education! Not all parents want to or have the time to sit with their child to facilitate homework completion. So, no is required to do homework.

I fail to see how this will lead to more equitable outcomes. Rather it's a race to the bottom.

Well, for one, it penalizes kids that lack home support. It penalizes children with disabilities like ADHD. And it doesn't really do anything. If the child can do the problems without support, they likely don't need the practice, and if they can't do the problems, they likely need instructional support that won't be provided at home. It cannot be assessed in any meaningful way because the teacher does not know the conditions it was done under. Homework has always been makework bullshit.

Im curious what kind of independent study skills and time management skills these kids have once they reach college.

I teach seniors, many of whom have never had large amounts of homework even in high school, and what little they did have was done during the homeroom/study hall block.

They come back to visit as college freshmen fairly often (6 or 7 a year) and they all say they were able to adjust pretty quickly. Kind of like when you change jobs and policies/procedures are different. It takes a few days to get the hang of it, but then you’re good to go. There is no reason elementary/middle/high school need to replicate college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax does not allow grading of homework.

Equity in education! Not all parents want to or have the time to sit with their child to facilitate homework completion. So, no is required to do homework.

I fail to see how this will lead to more equitable outcomes. Rather it's a race to the bottom.

Well, for one, it penalizes kids that lack home support. It penalizes children with disabilities like ADHD. And it doesn't really do anything. If the child can do the problems without support, they likely don't need the practice, and if they can't do the problems, they likely need instructional support that won't be provided at home. It cannot be assessed in any meaningful way because the teacher does not know the conditions it was done under. Homework has always been makework bullshit.

Im curious what kind of independent study skills and time management skills these kids have once they reach college.

I teach seniors, many of whom have never had large amounts of homework even in high school, and what little they did have was done during the homeroom/study hall block.

They come back to visit as college freshmen fairly often (6 or 7 a year) and they all say they were able to adjust pretty quickly. Kind of like when you change jobs and policies/procedures are different. It takes a few days to get the hang of it, but then you’re good to go. There is no reason elementary/middle/high school need to replicate college.

Yes, I'm sure they tell you that. They probably even believe it.

College professors disagree. Emphatically.

[Anonymous]

The ways that homework is traditionally handled in highschool and elementary is very different than homework in college. College homework is much more about collaborating and learning, study groups, problem solving. Not a worksheet.

So no, it's not like the homework in high school is teaching some missing skill set